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Modesto-Mata M, Thiebaut A, Krueger KL, Maga AM, Joganic JL, Ryan TM, Richtsmeier JT, Cheverud JM, Hlusko LJ. (2025) Easier said than done: unexpected hurdles to preparing ∼1,000 cranial CT scans for data collection from an online digital repository. PeerJ 13:e20172 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20172

Saturne, M.D., Perrine, S.M.M., Li, Q., Richtsmeier, J.T., Jabs, E.W., van Bakel, H., Holmes, G. (2025). Differential regulation of coronal and lambdoid suture patency by PTHLH and HHIP activity in mice. Development. Published online September 26, 2025. doi:10.1242/dev.204875.

Richtsmeier, J.T., Motch Perrine, S.M., Kawasaki, K. (2025) Developmental contributions to co-evolution of brain and skull, Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, Elsevier, 2025,ISBN 9780128093245, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-27380-3.00017-8 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443273803000178)

Yong-Hee P Chun, Brian L Foster, Tian Liang, Kazuhiko Kawasaki.(2025) Functions of secretory calcium-binding phosphoproteins in dental mineralization. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Volume 40, Issue 8, August 2025, Pages 909–930, https://doi.org/10.1093/jbmr/zjaf062

Sapkota, N., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Z. et al. Universal conditional networks (UniCoN) for multi-age embryonic cartilage segmentation with Sparsely annotated data. Sci Rep 15, 3893 (2025). https://doi-org.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/10.1038/s41598-025-87797-9

Southworth, A., Perrine, S.M., Lozano, P., Maene, C., Bhargava, S., Baig, A.A., … Randal, F.T. (2025). The All One Community (A1C) Program Boosts Diabetes Outcomes in Under-Engaged Asian Immigrants Through Culturally Tailored Education and Partner-Supported Enrollment. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 36(3, suppl.), 135-159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2025.a967365.

Ru Y., Ma M., Zhou X., Kriti D., Cohen N., D’Souza S., Schaniel C., Motch Perrine S.M., Kuo S., Pichurin O., Pinto D., Housman G., Holmes G., Schadt E., van Bakel H., Zhang B., Jabs E.W., Wu M.(2025)  Integrated transcriptomic analysis of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived osteogenic differentiation reveals a regulatory role of KLF16. bioRxiv [not peer-reviewed, Preprint]. 2025 Jan 27:2024.02.11.579844. doi: 10.1101/2024.02.11.579844. PMID: 38405902; PMCID: PMC10888757.

Gignac, P. M., Aceves, V., Baker, S… Zobek, C.M. (2024). The role of networks to overcome large-scale challenges in tomography: The non-clinical tomography users research network. Tomography of Materials and Structures, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmater.2024.100031

Kawasaki, K., Ohta, Y., Castro, C. D., & Flajnik, M. F. (2024). The immunoglobulin J chain is an evolutionarily co-opted chemokine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(3), e2318995121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318995121

Nishchal Sapkota, Yejia Zhang, Susan M Motch Perrine, Yuhan Hsi, Sirui Li, Meng Wu, Greg Holmes, Abdul R. Abdulai, Ethylin W. Jabs, Joan T. Richtsmeier, and Danny Z Chen. (2024). ConUNETR: A conditional transformer network for 3D Micro-CT embryonic cartilage segmentation. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2024 Athens, Greece. https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03695

Tea, Y.-K., Zhou, U., Ewart, K. M., Cheng, G., Kawasaki, K., DiBattista, J. D., Ho, S. Y. W., Lo, N. and Fan, S.(2024)  The spotted parrotfish genome provides insights into the evolution of a coral reef dietary specialist (Teleostei: Labridae: Scarini: Cetoscarus ocellatus).  2024 Ecol. Evol. 14: e11148. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38476702/

Ying Ru, Meng Ma, Xianxiao Zhou, Divya Kriti, Ninette Cohen, Sunita D’Souza, Christoph Schaniel, Susan M. Motch Perrine, Sharon Kuo, Dalila Pinto, Genevieve Housman, Meng Wu, Greg Holmes, Eric Schadt, Harm van Bakel, Bin Zhang, Ethylin Wang Jabs. (2024). Transcriptomic landscape of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived osteogenic differentiation identifies a regulatory role of KLF16. bioRxiv [not peer-reviewed preprint]. doi: 10.1101/2024.02.11.579844. PMID: 38405902; PMCID: PMC10888757. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.11.579844v1

Motch Perrine, S. M., Sapkota, N., Kawasaki, K., Zhang, Y., Chen, D. Z., Kawasaki, M., Durham, E. L., Heuzé, Y., Legeai-Mallet, L., & Richtsmeier, J. T.(2023) Embryonic cranial cartilage defects in the Fgfr3^Y367C/+ mouse model of achondroplasia. The Anatomical Record, 1–19 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25327

Pitirri, M. K., Richtsmeier, J. T., Kawasaki, M., Coupe, A. P., Perrine, S. M., & Kawasaki, K. (2023). Come together over me: Cells that form the dermatocranium and chondrocranium in mice. The Anatomical Record, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25295

Kawasaki, K., Sasagawa, I., Mikami, M., Nakatomi, M., and Ishiyama, M.(2023) Ganoin and acrodin formation on scales and teeth in spotted gar: a vital role of enamelin in the unique process of enamel mineralization. 2023 J. Exp. Zool. B. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 340: 455-468. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10239528/

Pitirri, MK, EL Durham, N Romano, J Santos, H Zhen, DZ Chen, K Kawasaki, EW Jabs, JT Richtsmeier, M Wu, SM Motch Perrine(2022) Meckel’s cartilage in mandibular development and dysmorphogenesis. Frontiers in Genetics, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.871927.

Lesciotto, K.M., L. Tomlinson, S. Leonard, J.T. Richtsmeier.(2022) Normative embryonic and early postnatal cranial bone volume and tissue mineral density values for C57BL/6J laboratory mice. Devel Dyn, DVDY458; doi: 10.1002/dvdy.458, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9250594/

Kazuki, Y, FJ Gao, M Yamakawa, M Hirabayashi, K Kazuki, N Kajitani, S Miyagawa-Tomita, S Abe, M Sanbo, H Hara, H Kuniishi, S Ichisaka, Y Hata, M Koshima, H Takayama, S Takehara, Y Nakayama, M Hiratsuka, Y Iida, S Matsukura, N Noda, Y Li, A J Moyer, B Cheng, N Singh, JT Richtsmeier, M Oshimura, RH Reeves.(2022) A transchromosomic rat model with human chromosome 21 shows robust Down syndrome features. Amer J Hum Genet, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.12.015.

Motch Perrine, SM, M Kathleen Pitirri, EL Durham, M Kawasaki, H Zheng, DZ Chen, K Kawasaki, JT Richtsmeier.(2022) A dysmorphic mouse model reveals developmental interactions of chondrocranium and dermatocranium  2022. eLife 11:e76653. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76653

Mikami, M., Ineno, T., Thompson, A. W., Braasch, I., Ishiyama, M., and Kawasaki, K. Convergent losses of SCPP genes and ganoid scales among non-teleost actinopterygians. (2022) Gene 811:146091.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378111921006867?via%3Dihub